MTL - The Rise of Space Technology-Chapter 149 , a little bit closer to success

   Chapter 149, it's a little bit closer to success

   Liu Yuan looked at the genetic map of coconut oil.

  Gene is a very magical thing. The difference between biological genes is not very big, but it is often a small number of genes that bring about a huge difference, and it can even be said to determine the fate of two species.

  For example, the genetic similarity between humans and mice is as high as 90%, and the remaining 10% difference creates two completely different organisms. Sometimes a small genetic difference may bring about huge changes.

  The genetic similarity between people exceeds 99.9%, but it is the remaining little genetic difference that determines human skin color, gender, whether they are prone to certain diseases, and so on.

   This is the magic of genes. A little genetic change or a certain aspect of the gene has been suppressed or strengthened, and the result will be completely different, or even a huge difference.

   "Your oil coconut can be said to be a very successful genetically engineered product. There are only a few flaws. With a little improvement, it can shine."

   Liu Yuan carefully looked at the oil coconut genetic map developed by Zheng Yuan's team, and quickly asked the inheritance seeds to check it.

  This oil coconut project can be said to have been successful, just need to adjust some genes to get a very good bio-energy gene.

"real?"

   Zheng Yuan and the others were overjoyed when they heard it.

Because they have always felt that the oil coconut produced by their team is a failure, the growth is too slow, and according to the existing genetic testing, the gene that determines the oil yield has been suppressed, which means that Its oil yield is definitely not good.

  Genes determine everything, and many things do not have to be known until they grow up. Through genetic testing, the results can be known in advance.

   Although Liu Yuan is not a member of the project team, the genetic recombination technology was proposed by Liu Yuan. Liu Yuan is a super authority and expert in the field of biological genes and a top scientist.

   He said that this project was very successful, so it must not be wrong, but everyone could not find the key to solving this problem.

   "Of course it's true."

   "The two most critical points of this oil coconut now are that it grows slowly. If this growth gene is replaced by the growth gene of bamboo, it may be completely different."

"In addition, its oil-producing gene is inhibited, so we need to find a way to remove this inhibition or strengthen this gene. I think the leaves of this oil coconut are definitely not big. If you can replace it with plantains, bananas, etc. If the leaf gene goes in, the effect may be completely different."

   Liu Yuan thought about it and said.

   "Boss, can this work?"

   "We managed to fuse the genes of oil coconut and rubber tree. The recombination of these two genes is already very difficult. Now we have to add the genes of bamboo and banana. It will definitely collapse. How can it be successful?"

   Zheng Yuan immediately expressed his doubts when he heard it.

   "What's more, the genes between these organisms are very different, and genetic recombination cannot be messed up. Generally, it is best to carry out genetic recombination between close relatives."

"Of course I know, you can try it first, but genetic recombination is difficult, and it is best to do it between close relatives, but it is not absolute, the genetic similarity between any organisms is extremely high, A certain gene does not necessarily belong to the unique gene of this species.”

   "For example, among plant genes, the genes that determine the root system are very different from each other, but they are also common genes of plant genes. Almost every plant will have such genes."

   "In addition, genes focus on balance. The key to genetic recombination lies in this. When different genes are mixed together, if a balance can be achieved, then it will be fine."

   "In terms of steps, we can realize gene recombination first, and then find ways to strengthen or suppress the genes we need or don't need to express after the recombination, so as to achieve the goal of our gene recombination."

   When Liu Yuan heard it, after thinking about it, he gave a lecture to everyone again, and slowly explained some basic scientific and technological knowledge about genetic recombination in the inheritance seeds.

  Gene recombination is a vast and great subject.

  It is like the vast and infinite creatures in the universe, with infinite possibilities and infinite changes, and it can obtain countless kinds of creatures that exist in nature or do not exist at all.

   Low-level civilizations to high-level civilizations in the universe will study this technology, and they will continue to summarize and discover countless laws and methods.

  The genetic recombination technology of some civilizations in the universe is even powerful beyond imagination, and can create extremely terrifying and powerful biological genetic weapons.

  Bio-genetic weapons can also be divided into various types. The most common and most terrifying is the biological virus. This kind of thing cannot be seen or touched, and it can spread rapidly. It can be said that it is impossible to prevent and has infinite power.

   In addition, there are biological soldiers, which use biotechnology to create certain creatures for use on the battlefield. These biological soldiers often have some special functions.

   For example, large-scale production of insect-sized creatures that can also fly out, and control these creatures to carry high-explosives to attack the enemy's camp, which can be unknowingly and unaware.

"I see."

   Everyone listened to Liu Yuan's lecture, and they were fascinated. When Liu Yuan finished speaking, Zheng Yuan and others suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment and enlightenment.

   In the past, I always felt like I was looking at flowers in the fog, and I always couldn’t figure out what went wrong.

   After Liu Yuan gave such a lecture, they immediately understood and could see clearly, pointing directly to the key and core of gene recombination technology.

   "I see, our oil coconut is really successful, but it's still a little short."

   "Adding the growth gene of bamboo and the leaf gene of banana tree, then the oil coconut can be very perfect, with an extremely fast growth rate, and at the same time, the oil production gene will be strengthened, and the oil production will be very amazing."

   Zheng Yuan carefully looked at the genetic map of the coconut oil, and quickly took out the pen to draw several key genes on it, talking while drawing.

   "I think we can first try to recombine the growth genes of bamboo into it."

   Someone immediately suggested.

"No, no, the balance of genes is important. We should recombine the growth genes of bamboo and the leaf genes of bananas at one time, so that we can succeed at one time. If we try it alone, it is very likely that it will not only fail, but also Failed because we can think of these two genes as a balance of genes."

   "I think so."

   "No, no, it still feels wrong to do this. It seems that there is still a key point that is wrong."

   Everyone started to have a heated discussion around Zheng Yuan, so that Liu Yuan, who was on the side, could only touch his nose and leave.

   Let them discuss and study slowly.

  Sometimes it’s enough to click by yourself, you can’t let yourself do everything, just let it go when it’s time to let go, and the cultivation of talents comes step by step.

   If Liu Yuan is asked to do the research by himself, he may not need it for a few days. Let the inheritance seeds use the gene library to simulate the recombination of genes, and soon he can get the perfect product he needs.

This kind of low-level gene-sufficiency technology is already like Lego building blocks for inheritance seeds. All gene types, gene functions, required combinations, how to mix them, etc., are very clear. , is clear.

  What kind of creature you need, just input the relevant functions into it, and the corresponding genes will be recombined for you soon according to your needs.

   Or it is not sufficient at all, but it is found for you from the huge gene library.

  The vast universe has given birth to countless lives and species.

  The advanced civilizations in the universe each have an inexhaustible gene bank, collecting countless biological genes, various, complex, and inexhaustible.

   Almost any kind of biological gene you need or need has a collection, and you can find similar biological genes.

   This is also why scientists on earth say that they should advocate the protection of biological diversity, because the more species you master, the more biological genes you have, and the more possibilities you have.

   For Liu Yuan, it is not difficult to come up with several oil-producing organisms, but it is better for his team to study this kind of thing slowly.

   As long as you let them go step by step and lay a solid foundation, they will be able to continue to achieve greater achievements in the future.

Liu Yuan left quietly, and the people in Zheng Yuan's team are still discussing and arguing. Today, Liu Yuan's lecture is very valuable and crucial to them. It's like opening a door. The new door has benefited them a lot, and they have obtained many new ideas and new breakthroughs.

   Now everyone has a lot of ideas and ideas, and they are eager to experiment to prove the possibility and accuracy of their ideas.

   (end of this chapter)